GB 0103 MS LAT 13 - Poggio Manuscript

1 volume containing 36 leaves

According to a 17th-century list on folio 1, this was the first item of a larger manuscript. Formerly part of the Mocatta Library.
GB 0103 MS LAT 13 15th century Collection (fonds) 1 volume containing 36 leaves Unknown
Gian Francesco Poggio Bracciolini: born in Terranuova, Tuscany, Italy, 1380; humanist and calligrapher, who rediscovered classical Latin manuscripts in European monastic libraries; died in Florence, 1459. This manuscript may have been written in Germany.

According to a 17th-century list on folio 1, this was the first item of a larger manuscript. Formerly part of the Mocatta Library.

Presented to University College London by the Jewish Historical Society in 1904.

Manuscript volume, 15th century, containing Gian Francesco Poggio Bracciolini's 'Facetiae', a collection of humorous tales, mostly anti-clerical in content.

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Paper manuscript bound in half calf and marble boards. One hand. Spaces left for initials not filled in. 28cm.

Dorothy K Coveney, A Descriptive Catalogue of Manuscripts in the Library of University College London (London, 1935); N R Ker, Medieval Manuscripts in British Libraries, i (London and Oxford, 1969); handlist at University College London Special Collections.

Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica online. Compiled by Rachel Kemsley as part of the RSLP AIM25 project. Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997. Sep 2001 Anti-clericalism Bracciolini , Gian Francesco Poggio , 1380-1459 , Italian scholar x Poggio Bracciolini , Gian Francesco Humour (literary) Literary forms and genres Literature Political doctrines

Presented to University College London by the Jewish Historical Society in 1904.

Manuscript volume, 15th century, containing Gian Francesco Poggio Bracciolini's 'Facetiae', a collection of humorous tales, mostly anti-clerical in content.

Open.

Normal copyright restrictions apply.

• anglais

• latin

Latin

Dorothy K Coveney, A Descriptive Catalogue of Manuscripts in the Library of University College London (London, 1935); N R Ker, Medieval Manuscripts in British Libraries, i (London and Oxford, 1969); handlist at University College London Special Collections.

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

• anglais